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, S B h S 7 Y R ,E M O G T N O M l a d 0 M 0 m Stock Car.

No. 235,608. PatentedDec. I4, 1880.

INVENTOR N PETFRS, FH011}LIMOGRAPHERA WASHINGTON, D C.

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Stock Car. No. 235,608. Patented Dec. 14,1880.

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JV. MONTGOMERY.

Stock Gar.

Patented Dec; 14, 1880 Witnessm N. ETERS; PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER.WASHINGTON. D c.

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' J. MONTGOMERY.

Stock Car.

Patented Dec. 14,880.

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' Stock Car. -No. 235,608., Patented Dec. 14, 1880.

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Stock Car.

No. 235,608. Patented Dec. -14, 1880..

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Uivrrmo Srarns PATENT emce JAMES MONTGOMERY, OF OHIGAGQ'ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR TO \V. A. OGDEN HEGEMAN, TRUSTEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STOCK-=CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,608, dated December14, 1880.

Application filed March 24, 1880. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMEs MONTGOMERY, ofChicago, county of (look, State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Stock-Oars, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyin gdrawm gs,

which-- Figure l is a perspective view of acar with my improvementsapplied. Fig. 2 represents a horizontal section through the same abovethe hinged middle deck. Fig. 3 is a similar section of a car having thedoors at the center 1 instead of at the ends. Fig. 4 represents a tansverse vertical section through the car.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section, showing the arrangement of the sectionof the middle deck crossing the doorway at one end. Fig. 6 is alongitudinal section through the upper and lower feed and water troughs;and Figs. 7, 8,

9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 represent certain details and modificationshereinafter described.

Similar letters of reference denote corre- 2 5 spondin g parts whereverused.

My invention herein described relates main- 1 y to the construction of astock-car, whereby it is adapted to be readilyand quickly changed from asingle-deck car adapted to the trans- ;o portation of larger animals,such as horses and cattle, to a double-deck car adapted to smalleranimals or stock, such as sheep and hogs, and

thereby economizing the space in the upper part of the car, which wouldotherwise be 5 wasted in the transportation of smaller animals, thoughsome of the features of improvement hereinafter described may be usedwith advantage in stock cars intended only for larger stock and notprovided with are movable interposed deck.

The frame or body of the car, in its general construction ororganization, is similar to that described in another application filedby me March 11, 1880, and it need not therefore be described herefurther than is necessary to an understanding of the improvements hereinclaimed, and which consist, first, in a novel manner of hinging thesections of a middle :deck, whereby they are adapted to be folded 50 upout of the way when not in use, and in a making part of thisspecification, in.

novel construction of the hinges connecting the sections of the deckwith each other and with the wallposts, as hereinafter explained.

The invention further consists in a novel arrangel'nent for supportingthe joists which up hold the interposed deck or flooring; in a novelconstruction of the joists themselves, and to the arrangeniei'it forstoring them out of the way when not in use; andin certain de tailsofconstruction and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A A represent the side wall-posts orupright frame-timbers of the car-body, to theinner faces of which aresecured, just below midway the height of the car-body, longitudinal barsor girders a a, of metal, one upon each side of the car, and extendingthe whole length thereof. These bars, except the hinged or pivotedportions crossing the doorways, are firmly bolted to the wall-posts,serving to materially stiffen and strengthen the carframe and form thesupports for the transverse joists B 13 resting thereon, the lattersupporting the intermediate deck or flooring O, hereinafter described,the arrangement of the supports being such as to bring said deck aboutmidway of the height of the car between the floor O and the roof of thecar, as shown. The portion a of the bar or girder a crossing the doorwayis hinged at one end, over one of the door-posts, to the main portionain such manner as to adapt it to swing around against such main portionof said bar, as indicated by the dotted lines, Fig.

8, for leaving the doorway unobstructed when 8 5 the middle deck isremoved.

The joists B (see Figs. 5 and 7) are laid in the usual way-that is tosay, on edge-for the purpose of securing the requisite stiffness. Theyextend over the bars a a, and are provided on their lower faces withnotches b, which engage with the bars a, and not only prevent end playof the joists, but serve also to stiffen the sides of the car againstany swaying movement. The upper faces of the joists B are cut away nearthe ends, forming a shoulder at I), which abuts against the inner faceof the sheathing on the wall-posts, as shown in Fig. 4, thereby furtherstiffening the conncction between the sides of the car and the mojoists. Thespace or opening between the bars a a and the sheathing abovethemis sufficient only to permit the joists to be inserted by turningthem down upon their sides, when, by

bringing the notches b into proper relation to A engage said bars, thejoists can be turned up on edge, as shown, and when the flooring isplaced thereon they are effectually guarded against accidentaldisplacement. To further stiffen and protect the notched ends of thejoists, they are covered by band or strap iron titted to the upper andlower or wearing surfaces, as shown at 11 Fi 7.

To prevent the removal of the joists from the car, and consequent losswhen not in use, I attach them, by chains 0 about midway of theirlength, to the ceiling-rafters or other convenient place in the car.

When not in use for supporting a middle deck in a double-deck car, thesejoists may be employed for separating or stalling the larger stock, inwhich case they should be padded atthe sides, and may also be padded atthe top and bottom, if desired, for preventing injury to the stock. Themanner of arranging them for this purpose is shown at B, Fig. 5, two ormore being arranged one above another for forming the partitions orsides of the stalls. They connect by means of their notched ends withthe bars a, as above de' scribed, and with other longitudinal bars,either forming a part of the sheathing or applied for thatspecialpurpose. Their construction permits them to slide laterally on thesupporting-bars, and they can be retained at any desired point ofadjustment by pins entering perforations in the supporting-bars, orbyother suitable fastening devices. This arrangement permits the stalls tobe adjusted in width to suit the size of the animal.

Cross ties or rods E are arranged at distances apart longitudinally ofthe car corresponding to the distance apart of the girders a a, foruniting the longitudinal cap-plates of the wall-posts. These rods passthrough said cap or wall plates, and, being secured thereto by'nuts ontheir outerends, serve materially to stiffen and strengthen the sides ofthe car against swaying under the pressure of the stock against them.They are provided with pendent angular loops 0 midway of their length,dropping below the rafters, as shown, sufficiently to permit theintroduction of the joists B, for storing them out of the way when notin use, the notches b or shoulders I), as preferred, engaging with saidrods and preventing displacement. The cross-ties E are thus made toserve the double purpose of strengthening the car and of receptacles orracks for the storing of thejoists when not in use.

The arrangement of the flooring or middle deck in a car having doors atthe ends and on opposite sides of the car is shown in Fig. 2. The mainportion, intermediate between the doors, is composed of strips orsections running lengthwise of the car, as shown. These sections arehinged, the outer ones, 0 by hinges which permit them to fold. upwardagainst the inner faces of the walLposts, and the inner sections, o arehinged to the inner edges of the outer sections by hinges which permitthem to fold inward or downward when the outer sections are raised. Bythis arrangment the inner sections, when the outer ones are folded upagainst the wall-posts, can be folded under the ceiling -joists F intorecessesfforined therein for their reception, and there secured bybuttons f, or other suitable fastening devices.

The strips or sections 0 0 extending across the doorways, are arrangedtransversely of the car, and are similarly hinged, the outer one, 0,being hinged to and folding up against the end wall-posts, and the innerone down against the.

outer one, or up under the roof, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 5.WVhere the doors are midway the length of the car, as shown in Fig. 3,the sections extending across the same, in order to get them out of theway when not in use, are hinged to the longitudinal sections 0 calternate] y on opposite sides, and fold over upon said longitudinalsections and into recesses cut at f in the wall-posts and rafters fortheir reception.

The width of a stock car door is ordinarily not less than four feet, andas this is greater than the distance between the interposed deck and theroof the sections crossing the doorway in this arrangement arenecessarily jointed, the section 0 folding up, and the section 0 hingedthereto, folding back upon it until the roof is cleared, when it can, ifdesired, be turned upon its hinge into line with section 0 The hingesemployed for uniting the sections to each other and to the wall-posts bypreference have their interlocking ears provided with elongated slotsfor the reception of the connecting-pin, thereby permitting sufficientrelative play of the two parts of the hinge to accommodate anyswellingof the floor-sections or any slight obstruction which may getbetween them.

The form of hinge preferred for connecting the outer sections with thewall-posts is showm in Fig. 9, where G represents the part of the hingeto be secured to the wall-posts, said part being provided with athreaded shank, g, which passes through the post and is secured by anut, g.

The part G" is bolted to the outer section of the flooring, and the ears9 of both parts have the perforations through them elongated, as shown,to permit lateral play on the connecting-pin g, for the purposeexplained. Hinges differing in form, but with the same provision forpermitting relative play of the.

parts, are employed in uniting the sections.

The arrangement of the feed-bins and of the water-supply anddistributing pipes is substantially like that described in anotherapplication above referred to, differing, mainly, only 7 eaaees a H Hrepresent the longitudinal bins ar-- ranged on the roof of the car, saidbins being divided each by a longitudinal partition, 71

intostoring and feed-chute compartments, as described in the applicationreferred to. Under the arrangement there described, however, it will beevident that food and water would be supplied only to the upperfeed-troughs. To overcome this difficulty conducting-tubes k areemployed, provided with funnel-shaped tops It, the latter arranged inthe feed-chute compartment h, and the pipes extending thence outside ofthe upper feed-trough, L, down near to and ei'nptying into the lowertroughs, L, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. By this arrangement the attendantis enabled to readily pass the food down to the stock on the lower deck,0.

In Figs. 10 and 12 a modification in this arrangement is shown, by whichthe feeding of the stock is facilitated when the car is in motion.

The partition h is provided atitsloweredge with a series ofperforations, i and '17, the former opening directly into the feed-chutecompartment 7t from the storing-bin, and the latter, 1?, into thefunnel-shaped tops 7c of the spouts It. In this case the expanded topsof the conductor=spouts are made in the shape of the half of a frustumof a cone, and the tlat open side is secured directly to thepartition-wall h, as shown in Fig. 12. The expanded top is provided witha hinged lid, adapting it to be opened for shovelingthe feedintoit fromthe storing-bin when required.

The openings t i are covered by a slide, I, which has a series ofopenings, i through it, conforming in distance apart to those at it" inthe partition, and which, by means of a lever, I, or other suitableappliance for the purpose, can be made to coincide with those at t' 2",thus opening them and permitting the feed to pass through into thefeed-chute compartment and pipes 7c until, by a reverse movement of theslide I, the openings 4. t" are closed.

A modification in the form of the feed-chutes is represented in Fig. 13,where the chute is shown divided, a short arm or spout leading to theupper trough and a longer one to the lower trough. These come togetherat their upper ends, terminating in a chamber, K common to both,provided with a single extended opening into the feed-bins controlled bythe slide or valve I. The feed, when admitted, is about equally dividedby the V- shaped partition-wall k separating the diverging chutes, andpasses thence to the upper and lower feed-troughs. These chutes arearranged within or between the wall-posts, within the sheathing thereto,except where the longer chute or conductor passes outside of or aroundthe upper trough in order to reach the lower one. Thus when thestoring-compartments h are full supplies for both the upper and lowerfeed-troughs can be drawn off without the necessity of opening the bins,or even of going upon the roof of the car for that purpose, as the meansfor operating the slides can be arranged within reach of an attendant onthe platform. v

The form and arrangement of the slides and openings and of theconducting chutes or spouts may be varied from those shown, if desired.

The watersupply pipes M are arranged similarly to those described inanother application referred to; but in order to supply the lower set oftroughs they have distributing'pipes m, which pass down through notchesncut in the edges of the feed-valves O at the bottoms of the feedchutesW; or they may be sunk to their full diameter in the sides of thewall-posts A on the sides opposite to the pipes m, which supply theupper set of troughs.

Means for heating and ventilating and for covering the walls of the carand protecting the stock in bad weather similar to those described in myformer application referred to may be employed, differing only in thearrangement adapting them to the double-deck car herein described.

Parts of the car not particularly described may be constructed in anyusual or preferred Having now described my invention, I claim- I. In astock-car, the longitudinal metal girders a a, rigidly secured to theside wallposts, for the support of the removable joists which uphold theremovable middle deck, sub stantially as described.

2. The longitudinal girders a for the support of the removable middledeck, as de scribed, provided with the hinged extensions a, crossing thedoorways, and adapted to be swung out of the way when the middle deck isnot in use, substantially as described.

3. The longitudinal girders a, in combination with the removable joistsB, which support the removable middle deck, said joists being providedwith notches b, engaging with the girders a, and with shoulders I),abutting against the side walls of the car, thereby uniting andstiffening said walls, substantially as described.

4. The removable joists B, having their notched and shouldered endsfaced with metal 011 their wearing'faces, substantially as described.

5. The removable padded joists for the sup port of the removable middledeck, in combination with side supporting-bars and suitable fasteningdevices, adapting said joists to be used as adjustable partitions forstalling the animals, substantially as described.

6. The flooring forming the removable miding hinged to said outersections and folding up against the roof of the ear, substantiallyasdescribed.

7. The cross-ties E, for uniting and stiffening the sides of the ear,provided with pendent loops 0, for the reception of the removableflooring-joists, as described.

8. The hinges which unite the sections of the folding middle deck toeach other and to the wall-posts, having the interlocking ears 10provided with elongated slots permitting play of the parts on theconnecting-pin substantially as and for the purpose described.

JAMES MONTGOMERY;

Witnesses:

ALEX. MAHON, J. M. YZNAGA.

